A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Javanrud in Iran. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004zzk. Id of event: us60004zzk. Global time and date of event 03/08/19 / 2019-08-03 00:26:06 / August 3, 2019 @ 12:26 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:56:06 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 46.2449 East, latitude 34.5661 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kermānshāh, Kahrīz, . Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop). Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km SW of Javanrud, Iran.
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